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March 16, 2005
Sick and tired
I heard from more than half a dozen of my fellow Vietnam travelers today in a wild group email exchange that lasted most of the day and that undoubtedly cost our respective places of employment thousands of dollars in lost productivity. We are a group with our priorities straight, let me tell you.
So.. what I deduced from this swapfest is this:
a) everyone is still jet-lagged. 2:00AM seems a popular time to snap awake, no matter what time one goes to bed. Even in Boston people are waking up at 2AM though you'd think they'd snap awake three hours earlier than me because of the time difference.
b) people are sick with airline-acquired respiratory crud. Everyone's coughing, hacking, and spewing. We are actually much less attractive than we appear to be in our photos. We were healthy then and not just wheezey, leaky disease vectors.(Ironically, I had respiratory infections all winter and I feel great! Sorry gang).
c) People are using acupuncture, Nyquil, antibiotics, heavy sedation, faith healing, mass emailings, and small animal sacrifices to get some sleep and alleviate their suffering. Nothing works.
Posted by ed at March 16, 2005 07:24 PM